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DALTON, GA., THURSDAY, DEC. 16
PAY UP.
The people are prosperous, and so is
The Citizen. Many subscriptions are
now due it, and our only authorized
collector and solicitor, W. E. Franklin
is now out. When he presents your
bill, please pay it. You will feel better,
and *e will we.
If there are any who do not take The
Citizen, now is the time to subscribe.
You can't buy too many Red Cross
stamps.
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Prom all accounts, stovaine, the new
anesthetic, is all to -the good, and then
some.
Bryan is going to visit Nicaragua.
What's the matter with making him
president of that country?
Just two more days and we’ll be well
rid of the “Christmas shopping” para
graphs, for which we are duly thank
ful. .
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Just think of the crowing that will
be done by the first man who is op
erated on for appendicitis and is given
stovaine.
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Mild in Rome’s water supply last
week was probably stirred up by that
whale of a catfish Jim Nevin failed to
catch last summer.
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The Macon News speaks of an old
man who tanked up on near-beer and
came near freezing. Must have been a
mighty poor brand. -
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“In Chicago there were 500 mar
riage licenses issued Thanksgiving
day,” to say nothing of the turkeys
that ceased to live. 1
Next Saturday is Christmas. Think
of the many thrills caused when that
word was mentioned in your hearing
when you were a little fellow with
curls—or did you wear your hail’
bobbed short? It was a word to charm
with then, and it has lost not one whit
of its charm now, although you per
chance have grown to man's estate.
Remember how on Christmas eve
you went to bed with the chickens,
and it seemed impossible to close your
eyes in sleep? Then again do you re
member how you tossed about on the
bed and grew so tired, while your
bones seemed to ache worse and worse
with every passing minute? And after
you got to sleep—remember how you
would awake with every sound and
keep your eyes closed for fear you
would get a glimpse-of Santa Claus
and frighten him away? At last when
you risked a single peep, don’t you re
member how dark and cold it was and
how you groped to the mantel and
finally found your stocking packed
full of good things? And didn't your
heart beat fast when you got back
under the warm covers and tried to
guess what Santa had brought you?
You could feel the shape of the fruits
and “goodies” and the tin horn and the
jumping jack; and then how many
years was it before morning came and
you were out of the bed prepared for
the day? And such a day as it was!
You shot firecrackers until your fingers,
smelled like a powder factory; you
burned your hands in a dozen different
a reason for that. He has all
day to vent his grouch against
others and may be able to go to
his home in a most cheerful mood.
He' may have scolded the street
car conductor, the waiter at his
lunch room, those under him in
the office and a long list of men
in various walks of life. His wife
is deprived of that privilege. The
chances are that she has been
cooped up at home all day, nurs
ing her wrath without a chance to
blow off steam until her husband
comes home.
Now it might be that the judge is a
the increasing number and size of the
stockings of young America, wise old
Kris Kringle was quick to adopt mod
ern methods of conveyance and car
riage and he called to his aid the ever-
ready Man in Gray to help him deliver
his gifts and messages of Christmas
cheer. Yes, wljen the antiquated mode
of delivery was' no longer adequate for
the purpose ol reaching the homes;
when snow no longer furnished smooth
highways for his sleds; when the mod
em furnace closed his way of entrance
to many firesides, old Santa asked the
kind Man in Gray to help him dis
tribute his gifts among the millions
buttermilk.
The output of copper in the United
States in 1908 was over 1,000,000,000
pounds. Just think of the Lincolns
it would have made!
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A boy named Victor Victor won a
speaker’s medal in Atlanta last week.
With a name like that he ought to be
able to outtalk any one.
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Poet Watson is insane, according to
a statement of his brother. Be that as
it may, he certaintly knew when it
was time for him to duck.
A Massachusetts minister wants to,
know “Who in hell’ is Leopold?” If
he will be patient until death comes
he can probably see for himself.
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A Pennsylvania legislator ’
burned to death by a cigar recently.
This should prove a warning to all
men to keep out of the legislature.
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Carelessness in the mail service no
doubt accounts for the nonappearanee
of that editorial copy promised by
Shope when he left on his honeymoon
Rumors that thirsty Georgians are
hurrying to Milwaukee to get on the
jury that the judge has allowed liquid
refreshments have been branded as
false.
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Jive hundred gallons' of buttermilk
were used to wipe out a fire that re
cently threatened' a western town.
Was the town worth the great sacri
fice?
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The South Georgia man who says
there is money in honey might
have truthfully added that there is also
the devil of an ache if one eats too
much of it.
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The “Suicide Queen,” after making
54 unsuccessful attempts on her, life,
killed herself this week. Had she tried
only twice more she could have boasted
of her own 57 varieties.
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Senator Raytfer says Zelaya is a
“highwayman, tyrant, usurper, mur
derer, robber, coward, assasssin rail
combined.” Mr. Zelaya will please
consider himself thoroughly squelched.
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shortage in the South Georgia
mistletoe supply is another telling ar-
favor of North Georgia,
nistletoe flourishes' the year
cl and the crop is always boun-
Point News asks “Why
rices like a pretty wom-
News refers to this year s
,-er is simple. They are
pride to every true
eman.
places, and stopped the fun only long
enough to get a taste of that big,
brown turkey; after which -you kept
going till after dark. Then came the
night and bedtime and you lived the
good, old day over again in your
dreams. After it was all over, remem
ber how you thought it doubtful if
you could live the long time interven
ing between Christmas days?
But before Christmas came you were
just the best' boy in the world and
wouldn't do any little mean trick *for
fear Santa Claus would hear of it and
put only fire coals and switches in
your stocking. That was long ago
with .some of us, but it’s safe to say
that not one person living has forgot
ten all of this.
The mind of the writer goes back
over the few short years to when he
was a child hanging up his stocking
and waiting for the customary annual
visit of Santa Claus. Now he is mak
ing preparations to hang up his son's
stocking! • And, wonder of wonders,
the contemplation of the pleasures of
the little fellow when he gets a view
of his stocking brings even keener de
light than the childhood thoughts of
the birthday ,of “The Prince of
Peace.”
Santa, Claus' visit is nearly due and
then it will.be twelve long months be
fore he comes again. Children will,
without doubt, forget after a short
time to be little angels; for Santa
Claus will have departed and will not
wield the good influence over them
then as he does for a few weeks be
fore Christmas. But what do you ex
pect of the little, tots? There is an
abundance of mischief in them and it
has to get out in order- to permit their
growth; and then they will tame down
again by next Christmas.
But while all this is extremely pleas
ant to think , over, let’s consider some
thing more serious.
Christmas is synonymous with the
words “peace, good will toward man”
in every civilized country on the face
of the earth; it is the one season recog
nized'by every Christian nation as the
time for universal rejoicing—the time
to put away all grouches and scatter
sunshine everywhere.
The spirit of giving is in the air.
The streets are filled with people hur
rying around with wild looks in their
eyes. It is buy, buy, buy, and it seems
as if the more one spends the better
one feels for having done so. But
while you are buying, are you giving
thought to the placing of your pur
chases where they will do the most
good? Is your spirit of giving in full
accord with~what it should be at this
time, or are you merely giving to your
rich friends—swappings presents reck
lessly with those who have little real
need for them? If your gifts are to
be made selfishly, 'twould be better not
to give at all.
Christmas is nearly on us. Only a
few days of the old year remain, and
it is time to begin' looking around to
see what good you can do before the
new year comes. Are you doin<f your
share toward making the season pleas
ant to your fellowman?
terribly henpecked husband and hasn't whom he will make happy and to the
the nerve to apply for a divorce him- countless firesides that he will make
self; consequently, he wants to see joyous with Christmas cheer,
just as many men as possible in the And yet, ju&t because Santa is a
same boat with him, and he made this “rare old fellow;” because he is clothed
decision to discourage married men with a mysterious fancy and appeals
who are thinking they have a right to the imagination; just because he sel-
t-o obtain a legal separation from a dom comes, he" will he welcomed and
wife who scolds them and does other praised at this Christmas tide. But
things to make life disagreeable. the Man in Gray, his kind and patient
Now while the judge holds that assistant, his modem sled and reindeer,
scolding is no ground for divorce, he because his face is familiar, his visits
didn’t touch on the inborn right of regular, his coming a matter of course,
self-defense. If a man abuses an- goes on his constant* weary rounds im-
other, the courts give the man abused sung and unblessed,
the right to put a stop to the abuse; This is the fate of man in modem
and as the law makes no distinction life. He is a hfachine in the great fac-
between sexes, if a woman abuses a tory of civilization; he is a number on
man he has a right to put a stop to the ledger in which the world keeps
it, be she his wife or merely a well- account. ?
meaning “friend,” Now that judge But, no! The Man in ‘ Gray shall
would feel cheap if he found a whole- not go unsung; some may forget to
sale scrap among the married people give him a smile of appreciation; some
of his bailiwick, the men taking upon may lighten his* load upon his back by
thelnselves the right to stop the abuse taking his gifts, and increase the bur-
heaped on them by the merciless tongue den upon his heart by withholding his
lashings of their sweet-tempered wives, just due of thanks, yet at this glad sea-
~ son there will he many who will ioin
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS STAMPS, | with W ilbuf D> Nesbit in this tribute
to “The Man in Gray:”
A number of the Red Cross Christ-1
mas stamps that were sent to the local Th l_M an “ comes trudging down,
drag stores for sale by the state com- AnThift^thiaerarou^the^to^n combination of edibles known to coun-
mittee have not been purchased, and.l Ax ‘‘L hlther ’ thither, through the town,( . „
’Despite the fact that everything pos
sible has seemingly been done to throw
countless barriers in the way of the on
ward march to popularity which has
been made by the greatest drink in
captivity, buttermilk, still it is now
rapidly falling into the place it de
serves in the foremost ranks of popu
lar American drinks, and bids fair,
within a few years, of outdistancing all
drinks that were formerly wont to
sneer on buttermilk as the beverage of
only the plebeian.
Within the past few years_ butter
milk" has been advertised for sale by
leading soft drink emporiums through
out the country. It costs the owners
little, and once get a person to put his
teeth in a glass of good, cold, fresh
buttermilk, and that customer will de
mand it in the future.
The history of the evolution of but
termilk, where it has risen from a fluid
fit only 1 to be fed to swine to a top-
notcher in its class, is interesting. In
olden times after the butter had been
jarred out of the clabber, the “leav
ings” were turned into the hog trough
and the pigs were given the biggest
kind of a treat. One day a person
(the failure of history to hand down
his name is one of its most serious
blunders) perceived the evident relish
with which the hogs tackled the milk
and decided to try it. Of course he en
joyed it, and he straightway sought out
the sensible people of his neighbor
hood and made converts of them. The
drinking-club (in those days there were
no locker clubs) got busy and it was
only a matter of time ( until every per
son living in the country where but
termilk was grown imbibed freely of
the beverage.
Turnip greens, corn bread and but
termilk soon became the most popular
haven’t yet become educated up to the
point where they can appreciate the
thoroughbred in poultry.
It is interesting to speculate on what
would have been the result had the
show been an exhibit of fine stock in
stead of poultry. Farmers all over the
country (and the people of this section
are no exception) are greatly interested
in fine stock and much careful atten
tion is now being-given to the raising
of better stock each year, as the ex
hibits at the county fairs go to show;
but the absence of the farmer at the
poultry show would indicate that he
has no interest in bettering the chicken
inhabitants of his barnyard. This,
however, is bound to come in time, just
as interest in better stock began grow
ing until' it finally culminated in the
desire of the farmer to surpass all his
neighbors in stock raising.
Did this failure throw a damper over
the enthusiasm of the poultry men?
Not much. They are fully determined
to have another show next year—a
show that will be bigger and better
in every patricular than the one which
has just closed. The association went
to a great expense to hold the show this
year; hut the members will fish down
in their pockets and meet the deficiency
cheerfully. The association has already
decided to hold another show and the
pluck as displayed in the very face of
seeming defeat is bound to he re
warded.
While the show was a failure in one
sense of the word, it was just as great
a success from another viewpoint.
Those who made entries more than got
back the value of the entry fee in
points on chicken raising. Judge Lor-
ing Brown, am expert, scored the birds
and showed just where each fowl ex
celled and fell short of another. The
exhibitors, through this expert opinion,
higher price for cotton than any other
market in the state, but local buyers
have paid more than any market in
the country this winter.
And It’s Coming, Too.
The Atlanta Journal and The-
Dalton Citizen are very strongly
advocating a great national high
way between Chiekamauga Park
and Fort McPherson.—Savannah
Press.
And the highway is going to be a
reality before any great length of time-
has elapsed.
Another Bondless County.
Another county voted no bonds
for road improvement last Satur
day. And so travelers will con
tinue to have many ups and downs.
—Jackson Argus.
Not having any outstanding bonds'
ourselves, we can't afford to take the
people of Butts county too severely to
task. However, we don't hesitate to
say that in onr opinion the voters made
a serious blunder.
“Uncfe Dick” Is Happy.
The talk about Teddy coming
back to oppose the president is all
bosh. Taft is stronger than Teddy
and the people seem to he satis
fied and happy.—Darien Gazette.
Uncle Dick speaks so confidently he
must have been drilling some of his
“loving kindness” doctrine into the
head of the strenuous one.
There Are Hogs and Hogs.
Moultrie boasts of having the
largest hog in the state. Depends
upon the variety, whether it is
anything to brag about or not.—
Elberton Star.
the time for their use is now becoming
Wherever all the folks abide
short. If you want to be in the fight The ^ Ian W Gra y comes to the door
against “the white plague” this year, I „ Wlth messages both sad and gay—
it is high time you were purchasing a Bu4 he to us 1S nothing more
supply of these stamps. * Than J ust ^ Patient Man in Gray.
Press dispatches tell of the use of j
the .stamps at Washington. All mail 1 see him bearing through the rain
going out from the White House bears As o^^rfully^ as in the sun;
with it the message of cheer found on ma ^ bring news.of loss.or gain,
these little stamps. While they have Bu4 day hj aa 7 ^ us task W- done -
created no end of confusion because I Th6 slck man at the window smites
so many people have the idea that they I As do the children at their play
his accustomed
When, prompt,
whiles
Appears the faithful Man in Gray.
In winter’s cold and summer’s heat
He marches down the thoroughfare,
The trials of the snow and sleet
Are but the things that he must
bear—
will serve the same as postage stamps,
President Taft encourages the use of
them in placing them on all his mail.
Great Britain has put a stop to the
use of the stamps, and Germany has a
law making it necessary, if the stamps
are used, that they be placed on the
back of the envelope.
The use to which the money derived. ...
from the sale of these stamps is known ^ a S a ' ,ove 1S unfurled
to practically every one. It is being No 5101113 kee P tmie nor trumpets
used to prevent the spread of tubereu- ■
losis, the most relentless enemy of the Yet he hrmgs us .the outside world,
human race, and one that claims more I ™ s unassuming Man in Gray:
victims than any other plague known.. - *-
The stamps sefl for the small sum The soldier onTifi tented field,,
of one cent each. The investment is ™ «* ** *
small, but the results of these small I Have , the same valor here revealed
investments on the part of countless ™ 1S s * ou ^ soul wo ° y orks at home,
people are far reaching and effective. At cottage door or mansion gate
By using these stamps you show that He sto Pjh 411611 fastening on his
you have lined up in the fight to rout
the enemy of so many of your fellow- I ^ sometimes think among the great
men. You show interest in those who Should stand the patient Man in
are stricken with (the disease, and, I Gray,
little as you may think it, the people ,
who receive your letters hearing these And now we send our & 1 . s afar—
stamps think much more of you.
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“THE MAN IN GRAY.”'
And so from dawn to twilight dim
I The happy ones, where’er they are,
Shall keep a ’daily 'watch for him.
[ Here's to that patient, toiling friend;
May he have cheer on Christmas
day— /r '
Of our good wishes Jet us send
A portion to the Man in Gray.
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OFFICERS TO BE COMMENDED.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
An important decision reached by a
Missouri judge is that a wife has a
right to scold her husband, and the
husband cannot get a divorce ifierely
because of this.'
Read what the St. Paul Pioneer
Press has to say of the decision:
A Missouri judge has decided
that a wife has a right to scold
her husband, and that the exer
cise of that right is no ground
for divorce. The full opinion of
the court is not at hand, but a
layman, if he is a married man,
knows well that the court’s de
cision is based on a law that is
higher, by precedent and prac
tice, than any mere legislative en
actments. It is backed by both
ethics and reason, and will pre
vail, regardless of support, or lack
of it, from the bench,.
If the man never did any scold
ing there might be some, reason
for his insisting that his. wife
should not indulge her desire in
t-feat- direction. The husband may
not be a scold at home, buj; there is
Familiarity is fatal to fame. The
old stars that blaze in the sky from
age to age, and nightly keep their im
memorial vigil over our fields and fire
sides, shine with unappreciated glory.
So long, and with such regularity,
have these lamps of the sky lighted
our pathway in the night that their Chief of Police J. C. Fincher, in
value, glory and .splendor excites no an article to the local papers this week,
praise and little comment. But when makes the statement that during the
some infrequent visitor, like Halley’s year 1909 not a member of the police
comet, with his long firey, blazing tail, force has drunk one bit of whisky
flashes athwart our sky all eyes are while on duty.* If this is fame, as
turned upon him and all beauty and | Chief Fincher says, and he is in the
praise is ascribed to his wondrous best possible position to know, too
shining. What matters it if he is a much praise cannot be accorded local
foreigner to our solar system; if he officers.
does threaten the possibility of dire de- -Now it is severely against the rales
struetion to our little world if it should of the police department for a member
come within the sweep of his flaming of the force while on duty to drink
tail? Still, because of his rarity, the any intoxicant; but it is probable, as
newness of his face in the sky, the dis- Chief Fincher says in his article, that
tinctness of his difference from the this is the first year the rule has been
other members of the heavenly fireside, obeyed strictly by the members of the
this wanderer and tramp through heav- force. Chief Fincher has served the
en’s homeless way. attracts and holds city for 18 years, and ■ he makes the
the attention, receives and enjoys the statement that the record this year
praises of men, while the “faithful is far better Than it has ever been
watchers from the celestial dome” go | since he has been in the service here.
Chief Fincher’s card, in full, fol
lows :
Editor Citizen: In regard to
our police force for the year 1909,
I am proud to say that there
hasn't been any whisky drunk by
any of the officers, to my knowl
edge, while on duty. This is-the
best record since I have been
working for- the city—about 18
years.
Mr. Britton, Mr. Carr and my
self and Judge J. A. Longley have
run the police court without hav
ing any ''hard feelings or words
with each other. I am proud to
say that I think we have all done
our duty as we saw it for the best
interests of the city, and hope the
record for 1910 will be as good.
J^C. FINCHER,
Chief of Police.
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try folk. Now, it is not our purpose
to make our readers hungry, but the
above sentence was necessary in the
sadly' incomplete history of the great
drink.
While it was an easy matter to inter
est the people living outside the cities
in the new drink, it was impossible to
get the city folk to taste it. For years
these people missed half of the joy in
eating by refusing to try buttermilk.
At last came a great awakening over
the entire country. The. fates that had
conspired to keep buttermilk in the
background (probably because it was
the nectar of the gods of Olympus, for
every one will concede that to be a
fact) somehow lost their grip and the
great drink came into its own.
Now, in addition to giving delight to
thousands of the followers of Epicu
rus, buttermilk has recently shown that
it was put on earth for even another
purpose. Several days ago a big dairy
in a small western town caught fire.
For a time the entire town was in dan
ger of going up in smoke on account
of a scarcity uf water, when some one
happened to think of the large supply
of buttermilk in the dairy.
To make a long story short, after 500
gallons of buttermilk had been poured
on the flames, the fire was extinguished
and the town was saved.
Nqw, in considering the loss of 500
gallons of buttermilk (read it again)
the question naturally arises as to
whether the town was worth the great
sacrifice. • While many will claim it
was, it is safe to say that not one will
fail, in considering the question, to
think of the number of glasses of but
termilk that 500 gallons# would have
made and there will be enough water to
flow from the mouths of them to have
wiped out a fire 500 times as large as
the one pompletely routed by the but
termilk.
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A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE.
If the hog is of the human variety
therefore learned many things about I we very seriously doubt the truth of
chickens they never could have learned Moultrie’s claims. We have some that
through their own observations. won’t take a back seat for any.
The Citizen stands ready at all times
to help in every possible way the Dal
ton Poultry association. Realizing the
ultimate good that will come of the
movement, we are glad the association
is not to fall through and we don’t j
hesitate to predict the success of the
show next year.
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Present Arms I
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, of New
York) predicts war between the
sexes unless women are allowed to
vote. Why, Mrs. Belmont’s sol
dier’s would find themselves sur
rounded in no time.—Marietta
Journal.
A strange feature connected with
such a waf would be the ladies worih?
have to surrender as soon as they were
Not Always.
Heavy feels the head that wears
the red nose.—Griffin Herald.
The Herald, donbtless refers to the
morning after. At times it feels, ex
tremely light.
Our Faith Is Shaken.
Miss Rose Cleveland, sister of
the late Grover Cleveland, has
come out strongly for woman suf
frage.—Macon News.
We thought better of the family
than that.
Latest, Not Last.
The last issue of The, Dalton
Citizen was unusually bright. Edi
tor Shope is married now and has
somebody to keep' him straight.—
Augusta Herald.
The Herald means <£ latest” rather
than “last.” The fact that the editor of
The Citizen is married doesn’t natur
ally carry with it the idea that The
Citizen will suspend publication.
on forgotten and unsung.
Thus we are led to philosophise, as
we sit in the twilight looking out the
window upon # the busy streets and
see the many who pass along. The
happy, busy throng of men, women
and children are hurrying here and
there, and the spell of the coming
Christmas is already upon them. It is
betrayed in the elastic steps; it is writ
ten on. their cheerful countenances; it
beams in their smiles; it is accented in
the tones of their voices. Trudging j
along among this happy throng that we
see from the window we see a “Man in
Gray.” Over his strong ‘ shoulder is |
flung a big leather hag, heavy with
gifts of love and messages of joy. His
merry whistle rings out upon the chilly
air, as here and there he leaves a pack.
And thus he lightens his load by adding |
to another’s joy. In and out he goes,
this Man in QrajL welcomed to the
door, but not wipin'; welcomed for [ Lynch has been chosen to head the
what he has and Wrings. Day in and National league next year. A man
day out, comes and goes the familiar with that name ought to be president
figure. He is the medium of exchange ; j of the “outlaws.”
the courier with> sealed orders from
distant parts; hejis the indispensable I The Augusta Herald speaks of 2,000
assistant of Santa Claus. When this Pole I being on strike in Massachusetts,
business of Sant/ Claus'had grown to They|‘e probably holding a Donuy-
such tremendous 1 , proportions, due to j brooblf air in miniature there.
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tm sSafl
The first annual show of the Dalton
Poultry association held here last week
was probably patronized by fewer peo
ple than any other exhibition ever held
in this city. It is probable that less than
three hundred, all told, including paid
admissions and those passed in free,
visited the show’—fewer people than
there were birds exhibited—and the
cause of this failure from a financial
standpoint is something the .promoters
of the show are now trying to figure
out.
Fully six months prior to the open
ing of the poultry show a band of en
thusiastic fanciers met at the court
house and, at an enthusiastic meeting,
organized the Dalton Poultry and Pet
Stock association, deciding at the same
time to hold a poultry show, in this
city in December. Many fanciers who
were not present at the meeting later
took stock in the association, and the
enthusiasm as manifested by the mem
bers was enough to seize every one who
heard of the movement until the entire
country should have become inoculated
with the fever. The newspapers took
it up -and. thoroughly advertised it,
while the members continued to boost
it on every hand.
With success in sight, the time for
the opening of the big show rolled
around only to have it fall flat and
prove to be something that didn’t in
the least seem to interest the people
of this paft of the state.
It couldn’t have been that the people
were afraid of the price, for the un
trance fee was only 10 cents, and with
the high price cotton was bringing the
farmer was fairly rolling in wealth.
Then, it couldn’t have been that the ex
hibits were not up to the standard, for
there were hundreds of chickens being
shown and the scoring of Judge Brown
showed conclusively that many of the
entries wore Capable of carrying off
blue ribbons at any poultry show.
Tlio only reasonable explanation that
can bo give for the failure is, tlie peo
ple of this section are not interested in
the breeding ofJfaney. poultry. They
7
“The Good Die Young.”
The Washington Herald does not
believe that Speaker Cannon or
the secretary of agriculture will
ever resign.—Savannah Press.
And Uncle Joe is sure to live to a
ripe old age; so what’s the use?
The Sly Young Thing!
The dry weather has affected the
mistletoe crop in this region. . But,
in case of emergency, mistletoe
by suggestion will do just as welL
Albany Herald.
Isn’t Brother McIntosh the devilish
young thing!
He’s Been There.
Chauncey Depew says he knows
of a man who got a liberal educa
tion while waring for his wife to
put on her hat.—Dalton Citizen.
Hope it was an education along
the line of being more liberal in '
his judgment of her hat—Elber
ton Star.
More likely it was an education
in the use of new and hitherto
uncoined “cuss” words.—Orange
(Tex.) Daily Leader.
It doesn’t take a very shrewd person
to guess that the editor of the Leader
is a married man
Scored a BuIIseye.
- When a newspaper uses a col
umn of space telling people to
shop early, it’s a 10 to 1 shot that
it is very hard up for something
to print.—Dalton Citizen. That’s
a good shot anyway.—Elberton
Star.
Beaten To It.
Soon we’ll have to drop half the
advice and simply say: “Shop.”—
Atlanta Journal of Wednesday.
And Thursday evening the Georgian I
beat the Journal to it and headed its
column of paragraphs with the one|
word. v -
Prolonged Absence^ Explained.
A financier says that “A dollar
today is doing twice the work it
did three generations ago.—Co
lumbus Enquirer-Sun.
Law Should Be Enforced.
There is no denying the fact
that most of the crimes committed
in Georgia can be laid at the door
of the worthless vagrant and vaga
bond, aided by the boozq man
law against this class of criminals
should be rigidly enforced. With
the proper effort the -vagrant class
can be reduced very considerably.
—Darien Gazette.
The Gazette never fails to put in a
hek against the vagrant, and a better
subject to knock could not be fouqd.
Dajlton’s Mayor-Elect,
Hob. Paul Trammell has been
elected mayor of Dalton. Mr.
Trammell has many friends in
Gordon county who warmly con
gratulate the city of Dalton on
securing the service of so able and
efficient a citizen to act as mayor.
He is one of the leading business
men of North Georgia, and Dalton
may well be proud of him.—Cal
houn News.
It is good news to learn that onrlratW S P eak " The city,
absent Mass are bard at wo A S % -
not “loafing.’
Now
Aw, Shut Up!
that J. Pluvius has got
started, he may get busy at short
intervals and make up for lost
time. We are still about ten inches
short on our average rainfall in
this region.—Albany Herald.
Just think of the people who lived
during Noah’s time and quit your
growling.
Mail Service.Sure.
The ultimate consumer of war
den seeds is getting all that is com
ing to him now—if his congress
man and senator is a thoughtful
man.—Macon Telegraph.
The Telegraph seems to have unlim
ited confidence in the .mail service even
during the Christmas rush.
Records Crooked.
The home market cannot be sur
passed. Jackson has had the best
cotton market in the state this fall.
Butts County Process.
straight. Dalton has not only paid
And Editor Vaughn, Too.
° dorous r sklulk had some-
? to say about crazy people
here from MilledgUle,
etc. If we Just had a f e
bZ77 T 011 ' SMv “' s - BeM”!
H. tab and others we would soon
Si a Iar g er , better and liver
city.—Eatonton News.
FdTSV 116 , ab ° Ve il WOuld seem that
feelffils ai rfiT in;{ured som * one’s-
~ modest y Prevented his
Milledgeville. andt lood “ ° f
that. a ° ood ’ llve one at
Chicago telephone girls must ^
°P their rats, puffs
must sfnn • ’ tur> ’ e te.. and
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-•ompany htends ! he teIe P h °“
“hello -K
reporl ,1,! "
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u the meMS of for him the
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free to
would feel
nominate another in 1912